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Monica Suresh Allen

Dr. Allen is currently employed as a Senior Electronics Engineer in the Fuzes branch in the Munitions Directorate, researching resonant sensing platforms for EO/IR technologies and components that can find applications in detection and sensing. Her primary areas of technology interest include nonlinear optical, photonic, and plasmonic physics concepts through the exploitation of light-matter interactions to provide cutting-edge technology to the warfighter. Dr. Allen’s research areas also include investigation of nonlinear optical phenomena and plasmonics concepts primarily at infrared wavelengths. Her current projects include modeling, simulation and fabrication of resonant micro- and nano-structures for gain and selectivity enhancement. Dr. Allen is also involved in the characterization of fabricated devices that test their performance. Dr. Allen has authored over 30 technical papers and also serves as reviewer for peer-reviewed journals such as Optical Engineering, Optics Express and Applied Physics Letters. She is also affiliated with the Electrical Engineering honor society, Eta Kappa Nu and the Engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi.